This chapter is from the book

Okay, I admit the title for this chapter, a chapter on using video (TV shows, movies, and music videos) on your iPod, is just
too obvious. But this song, lame as it was (is), has an important place in pop music history, for it was in fact this song
that was the first video ever played on MTV. That’s right, when MTV first aired, they aired the music video for the Buggles’
“Video Killed the Radio Star.” Now, if you’ve never heard this song, it’s worth downloading from the iTunes Store and listening
to (once) in iTunes. However, I don’t recommend listening to it while driving (if you have your iPod connected to your car
audio system), because it will subconsciously make you want to drive your car straight into the nearest stationary object.
But, besides being a catchy-sounding name for this chapter, how does this song title relate to what’s in this chapter? Well,
it actually relates to a real-life story. I was producing a radio podcast (along with my cohorts, Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski)
called “Photoshop Radio” and each week we’d share Photoshop tips along with some of the lamest attempts at humor ever recorded
digitally. However, when video podcasting came along, and Apple made iPods with video playback capabilities, we killed the
radio show and started Photoshop®User TV. So, in effect, video killed our radio podcast. Now, I know what you want to ask, “Okay, that makes sense, but how does your
real-life story relate to this chapter?” Actually, I was hoping you wouldn’t ask that.

Buying and Renting Movies from the iTunes Store

Start by clicking on the iTunes Store link on the left side of iTunes, then click on the Movies link at the top of the Store
homepage to take you to the main Movies page (if you already know which type of movie you’re looking for, instead click to
the right of Movies, and a pop-up menu of genres will appear so you can jump to the genre you want). As you scroll down the
page, you’ll see new videos, free videos, and a number of different categories highlighted (and a list of top sellers and
rentals on the right). Click on any cover to see more about a movie—you can watch the trailer there, too (click the View Trailer
button). If you want to buy the movie, click the Buy Movie button (the price is right on the button), and it will be downloaded onto your computer (and copied over onto your iPod the next
time you sync it). If the movie can be rented, you’ll also see a Rent Movie button with a lower price (it’s a 30-day rental, but once you start watching it, you have 24 hours from that point to watch it as
many times as you’d like—on your computer or on your iPod).

iTip: Downloading Music Videos from the iTunes Store

There are plenty of new (and classic) music videos for sale in the iTunes Store, and to find them, click to the right of the
Music link up top, and then choose Music Videos from the pop-up menu. When you click on an individual video, you get much
more info, and you can watch a 30-second preview of the video.